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 Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:12 pm
"I wouldn't mind that," Shun nodded before making his way back up to his place so that Mitsu could fetch her things. The walk was nice and it was good to switch things up now and then after all.
Upon opening his door, he froze as he saw scraps of paper all over the place. At the center of it all was Arkham, with half a book in his mouth. Bent-Tail was giving the organoid an earful but as usual, he wasn't listening.
"Arkham," hissed the Reaper, suddenly incredibly unpleased, "Put the book down. Now."
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:22 pm
Mitsu had followed Shun quietly back to his room. She had no idea what was in store for her when they opened the door. Just on the other side it was like a blizzard had happened. A blizzard of shredded paper.
As she stepped further into the room her confused gaze fell to her books...or what was left of them. "M...my books." Slowly she knelt by her bag to see what was salvageable. Mostly everything looked pretty destroyed. She was going to have to get new books.....Suto would not be happy. Mitsu had a little bit of money but not enough to cover them all.
Ears falling back Mitsu started to clean up the mess of papers trying to sweep everything together. Maybe she could just.....tape it?
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:38 pm
Arkham dropped the book on first command this time around and the mini was slowly backing up now.
"Did I tell you to shred the books or anything really?" hissed Shun, dealing with his pet first and foremost, "Get into the closet. No Fear candy for you tonight."
The organoid let out a sort of metallic whine before slowly making his way to the closet. The Reaper opened the door and the zoid sulked on in, obviously looking like he had been scolded.
Turning his attention towards Mitsu now, he let out a sigh and looked at all the destruction all around.
"Give me a list of all the titles that have been damaged. I'll buy you new copies tonight. I think the book store should still be open right now."
He didn't sound pleased but he was going to try and fix this problem however he could.
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:54 pm
Finding a book that had only been slightly chewed Mitsu looked it over carefully. It seemed Arkham had nibbled on this one and moved on to a different one. In that case this book would be fine, it was still usable so she carefully placed it in her bag while she sorted through the rest of the destruction.
Mitsu only looked up when she heard Shun scolding his mini, watching the poor creature slink off toward the closet for the night. "I..I should be able to fix some of them. There is no need to buy them." She hoped. Though as she said that the random scraps of paper that she had collected began to tumble from her hands. Such a mess. Mitsu had no idea what paper went to what book. She would have to read everything carefully.
"This one looks-" She had started to pick up a book that looked intact at first sight but realized once she had it that while the cover was mostly in one piece...there was nothing inside it. "...okay. Or not."
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:18 pm
Unfortunately, Shun couldn't be much help as for what pages belonged to which book. For the pieces that were ripped, he could technically put them together by fitting the ripped parts, but aside from that he wouldn't be of much use.
"Would you be able to fix them enough to be able to read properly again?" he asked quietly, "It'll be easier to get new copies."
While he was one to like to make sure things get used a lot, he saw little point in spending hours upon hours to put the books back together. It was almost like breaking an eyephone physically and trying to repair it rather than getting a new one.
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:35 pm
"I..I'm not sure." Mitsu looked over the damage again. Mostly the pieces had been ripped though some of them had been chewed a little leaving them barely distinguishable.
"I..I'm sorry I really didn't want to make you buy me new books." She really hadn't planned on asking at all, though it was a slight relief that he had. It would keep her from asking Suto for books. The scientist would no doubt interrogate her on what happened to her perfectly good books.
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:39 pm
"It's not a problem. Arkham messed them up," Shun sighed while looking at the mess that was left of the books, "Just write up a list of what you need so I could give it to the book store people to grab them. I'll have them here by tomorrow when you come to study."
Nodding along to this, he waited to see if Mitsu was alright with this plan.
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:23 pm
"A..alright," Mitsu nodded hesitantly. At least she hadn't brought all her books. Carefully she looked over what could be used and what had been destroyed. After she had figured out what couldn't be salvaged from the mess she wrote down a list. Thankfully it wasn't long.
When it was finished she held it out for the reaper to take. "Thank you." She said softly while looking back to the mess. "I'll..help you clean up before I go for the night." This was quite the mess. Paper was everywhere. What had Arkham been doing? It was like he had shredded the paper and rolled in it to spread it around the room. White shreds were in every nook and cranny.
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:28 pm
Taking the paper, Shun only gave it a short glance before pocketing it. He wasn't trying to read what titles there were. More of how many he had to grab. The list wasn't too long, so there was that at least.
"Alright," he nodded as he crouched down to try and clean up more scraps of paper. Another thing he'd have to pick up later... a small vacuum. It'd be good to have one anyway.
Bent-Tail was getting in on the clean up. The little mouse scampered from here to there, fetching little scraps to make into a pile.
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:26 pm
It seemed to take a while but finally with everyone's help they were able to collect all the paper to throw away. Smiling down at the little miced tea, Mitsu reached down to scoop him up and pat him affectionately. "You did a good job, Bent." Poor thing, he had been trying so hard to help with Arkham and the organoid didn't want to listen.
"I'll be sure to bring you a treat the next time I come." He seemed to like berries as treats Mitsu would have to see if she could get some nice fresh ones for the little mouse. "I guess now that the mess is cleaned up I'll head back to my room for now." She said looking to Shun shortly before moving to the reaper's bed to set Bent down. "Thanks again for offering to replace my books."
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:36 pm
Bent-Tail let out an affectionate squeak and nuzzled her hand as Mitsu scooped him up. At least the big people recognized him. Screw Arkham!
Looking over towards the girl, Shun nodded slightly while looking around to make sure the bulk of the mess was cleaned up. THe rest would have to be fixed with a vacuum cleaner but they did what they could for now.
"Not a problem," he said plainly, "I'll see you tomorrow then."
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:48 pm
Once Bent was set on the bed Mitsu moved back over to her bag and the few remaining books in her possession. She wouldn't be taking much back with her tonight. Lifting the bag up she pulling the straps over her shoulders nodding to the reaper. "Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow then." Maybe then Shun wouldn't feel so restless, though Mitsu didn't mind going on more walks. They were nice.
Moving toward the door Mitsu waved a goodbye before quietly taking her leave to head back to the monster dorms.
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